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Startup Weekend Skopje

Friday, October 28 - 30, 2016

Friday, October 28 - 30, 2016
Event starts at 6:30 pm

HUB Skopje
Zagrebska 28
Skopje,
Skopje
1000

No sleep till its perfect!

Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Come share ideas, form teams, and launch startups.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Friday October 28th

Review agenda for the weekend and introduce speakers, coaches, and community leaders

7:30 pm

Pitches Start

Optionally line up to give your pitch

9:00 pm

Voting

Attendees vote for the top pitches

9:15 pm

Form Teams

Teams start forming and discussing ideas

10:00 pm

Begin Work

Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Saturday October 29th

9:00 am

Breakfast

Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee

9:30 am

Begin Work

Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Check-In

After-lunch check-in, status reports, call for help

2:00 pm

Coach Meetings

Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!

6:30 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm

Check-In

After-dinner check-in, status reports, call for help

10:00 pm

Wrap-Up

Finished for the day. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow

Sunday October 30th

9:00 am

Breakfast

Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee

10:00 am

Check-In

Coaches arrive. Final opportunity to ask questions

12:00 pm

Lunch

12:30 pm

Coach Meetings

Coaches arrive… ASK QUESTIONS

3:00 pm

Presentation Prep & Tech Check

Final hours of worktime should be focused on perfecting your presentation, tech-check for final presentations also takes place

4:00 pm

Dinner

5:00 pm

Final Presentations

7:30 pm

Judging & Awards

8:30 pm

Wrap-Up

9:00 pm

Go Home!

Event Judges

Pece Angelkovski
Founder and CEO of X3M Labs

Pece is entrepreneur and investor with IT background with over 10 years of experience in managing companies and creating start-ups. Founder and CEO of X3M Labs and founder in several other companies. Investors in several Macedonian Start-ups independently and with organised business angel communities like CEED.

Ivana Stankovic
Investment Manager at SC Ventures

Ivana is an
Investment Manager at South Central Ventures, which, through its Enterprise
Innovation Fund (ENIF), focuses on fueling the business expansion and growth of
the most promising tech startups in the Balkans. She has extensive experience
in consulting and corporate finance and is looking forward to put it to work in
the dynamic world of tech start-ups that are tailoring our future.

Damian Damjanovski
Co-Founder, Common V

Damian Damjanovski is Co-Founder of Common V, a part incubator, part agency using experimentations and lean methodology to solve client problems and create original ideas and products. Originally from a corporate background at one of Australia’s largest blue chip companies, AMP as an Intrepreneur, Damian’s extreme passion for technology, and it’s practical application in business, communications and creativity then took him across to world of advertising. Taking up the role of Digital Strategist at BMF in 2008 then moving to Ogilvy & Mather in early 2010 to work alongside creative director Brian Merrifield as Ogilvy's Innovation team – Damian has been pivotal in developing effective strategic approaches across a broad range of brands, and has brought to life a range of interesting technology pieces for clients. He also lectures through industry bodies and keeps himself regularly involved in events as a speaker and panellist.

Max Gurvits
CCC Startups

Max Gurvits is a US/European entrepreneur and investor. Graduated as a lawyer, Max founded an online legal services company in Amsterdam in 2008. In 2011, he sold the business and moved to Bulgaria, where he co-founded one of the biggest regional tech acceleration programs and funds (Eleven Startup Accelerator and EUR 12m seed fund). Active in Europe and the Middle East as startup advisor and (angel) investor, Max is particularly focused on Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

In 2014, Max co-founded CCC Startups, a partnership focused on investments and ecosystem-building across Europe and the Middle East, producing Startup AddVenture events and launching a new regional investment fund in 2015.

Tanja Ilievska
Program assistant in the Fund for innovations and technology development

Tanja Ilievska is a program assistant in the Fund for innovations and technology development with 13 years working experience in the banking sector. She is specialized in corporate banking and managing key clients as well as retail banking with 10 years management experience in the field.

Celik Nimani

Coaches and Mentors

Damian Damjanovski
Co-Founder, Common V

Damian Damjanovski is Co-Founder of Common V, a part incubator, part agency using experimentations and lean methodology to solve client problems and create original ideas and products. Originally from a corporate background at one of Australia’s largest blue chip companies, AMP as an Intrepreneur, Damian’s extreme passion for technology, and it’s practical application in business, communications and creativity then took him across to world of advertising. Taking up the role of Digital Strategist at BMF in 2008 then moving to Ogilvy & Mather in early 2010 to work alongside creative director Brian Merrifield as Ogilvy's Innovation team – Damian has been pivotal in developing effective strategic approaches across a broad range of brands, and has brought to life a range of interesting technology pieces for clients. He also lectures through industry bodies and keeps himself regularly involved in events as a speaker and panellist.

Yane Naumoski

My name is Yane Naumoski and I'm an experienced UI/UX designer. I love designing stuff. I love the challenge of it and the fun of it: the crazy quest for new ideas, exploring the hidden possibilities of every single idea and carrying out the one with the greatest potential, and, of course, the satisfaction of a work well done. Besides working as a designer, I dabble in photography.

Igor Madzov
Associate at SC Ventures

Igor is an associate at South Central
Ventures, co-founder of Startup Macedonia and actively involved in developing
the Startup Ecosystem in Macedonia. He has a Business background and experience
in business development, lead generation and sales for startups. His favorite
activities include problem solving and overcoming obstacles for early stage
companies in the field of monetization and go to market strategy.

Ergest Nako
Community Developer and Support Manager

Ergest holds a MSc Degree in Information and Communication Technology from Tirana University. He has more than 10 years of experience in the ICT Sector, Information Security, Project management, Business Process Management and recently into entrepreneurship. Currently, he is focused on growing the startup ecosystem in Tirana as a community developer for Protik. He has been a very active member of the community and has been part of the organizing team of Startup Weekend Tirana, TedX Tirana, Startup Pirates, etc.

Pece Angelkovski
Founder and CEO of X3M Labs

Pece is entrepreneur and investor with IT background with over 10 years of experience in managing companies and creating start-ups. Founder and CEO of X3M Labs and founder in several other companies. Investors in several Macedonian Start-ups independently and with organised business angel communities like CEED.

Nina Angelova
CEO and Co-founder of Grouper.mk

Nina Angelovska e CEO and co-founder of the first Macedonian web site for group discounts, Grouper.mk, which caused a revolution in online buying and became the market leader in e-commerce.In the competition for the most innovative business plan organized by NCDiel in 2010 she wins and receives a cash prize with which she starts her own business.Nina Angelovska is on the list of 100 successful women founders of start-ups in Europe (100 Female Founders Europe) which together eminent German magazine The Hundert, and then The Forbes share it.Nina is a speaker and lecturer at numerous events conferences and training, and most recently she is a mentor to several academies.

Alexey Sidorenko
Project director at Teplitsa

Alexey is an expert on the Russian internet, social
entrepreneur, and an experienced web developer. His knowledge of the Russian new media and politics field includes web development, data analysis, regional political analysis, freedom of online speech issues, reporting, and editing.

My processional life has been occupied with technology, marketing and startups. Even though I now work for the biggest national corporation, I'm a great supporter off the local startup community in Macedonia. I have been working with startups since 2009, organizing competitions, trainings and events for web and mobile entrepreneurs. I have been a Startup Weekend Organizer and organized the first four events in Macedonia, as well as supported over 40 startups through my engagement in the first businesses incubator and business accelerator in the country. My specialties are in business development, marketing communications, project management and event management

Rebeka Dimitrievska
UX / UI Designer

As a UX Mobile App Designer and Architect Rebeka always tends to convey the client's vision in an appealing, user-friendly, and practical design. She has a wealth of experience designing apps of all use-cases for iOS and Android platforms. Rebeka is a focused team member, has strong communication skills, and always behaves professionally.

Nikola Janeski
Web developer

Web developer in MKhost, #1 hosting provider and domain
registry in Macedonia. With my experience in web development, I am
ready to help the participants to fulfill their visions and goals
with the upcoming project.

Filip Petkovski
Web developer & CEO of CornerCase

Filip is a web developer who has worked on both commercial and open-source projects. His software development career started with two Google Summer of Code projects in the field of machine translation and language processing. After graduating he spent a year working as a full stack developer for In2 Ltd Zagreb.

He has been working actively as a freelancer for the past two years and now holds the position of CEO at CornerCase.

Dejan Aleksov
Associate Attorney

Providing legal support for startups

Saso Jadrovski
iOS developer at 3P Development

iOS developer with a penchant for programming, photography, and music.3 years of experience in iOS with more than 10 iOS apps under his belt.Currently unwrapping swift functionalities, fluent with Оbjective-C.Startup weekend winner - 2014.1st place award for best mobile app at CodeFest - 2015.1st place award for best UI/UX at CodeFest - 2015.

Tase Tasev
Android Application Developer

Graduated at FEEIT in 2014 he is now android developer at @GSIX . Have 3 years experience in that area so whoever need help with mobile platform for Android can search for him.Also is a startup enthusiast.Participated on startup Weekend vol.4 with his team and won prize of 5000€ to participate in the Darma acceleration program.

Orce Petreski

Orce Petreski is a Technical Lead currently working in Seavus. He is also a Technical Lecturer, Mentor and Coordinator in the SEDC CodeAcademy and the new SEDC Business Simulator.

He is heavily involved in working with people and tech, either as a mentor or a friend, or generally somebody who loves to hang around and do cool new stuff.

His credentials are : MCT, MCPD, MCSD and other M.... :)

Nikola Angelkovik
iOS developer 3P Development

iOS developer who likes to watch and play football3 years of experience in iOS with more than 10 iOS apps under his beltCurrently unwrapping swift functionalities, fluent with Оbjective-CStartup weekend winner - 20141st place award for best mobile app at CodeFest - 20151st place award for best UI/UX at CodeFest - 2015

Igor Izotov
Community manager

Igor Izotov is the community manager at the Seavus Incubator. He brings wide range of expertise mainly in the financial modelling, investment analysis and business development areas. He nurtures a special interest in the areas of commercialisation and financing of innovation and enjoys helping people develop their ideas into feasible projects and business models. Igor has BA in e-business from the University of ss Cyril and Methodius and an MBA in finance from the University of Antwerpen. Igor goes by the motto : Winning is not everything but wanting to win is.

Metin Muaremi
President of CED

Currently president of Center for education and development-CED, and coordinator of the project Managing two “Youth Info Clubs” in Tetovo State University and University of St.Kiril and Metodij, Skopje supported by UNDP. For more than 10 years’ experienced in managerial positions in projects at national and international level, starting from CBC LOJA (2002-2005), Forum SYD,

Coordinator and Local Junior Expert in ECAP project (EU project), Master trainer in USAID projects and founder of Center for Education and Development CED.

Participant and leader in various trainings like; management, conflict resolution, mentoring, financial operations, intercultural learning, strategic planning and international cooperation through various intercultural exchanges and conferences

Bojana Trajkovska

Bojana is senior associate in the Fund for innovations and technology development with previous experience in project management and EU funds.

Nino Karas
Co-Founder and CEO

CEO of CodeWell and MarkO TSB and aside the usual CEO obligations he is mostly engaged with product development.

Besides the usual, he was engaged as an Android instructor (teaching courses Mobile App Development for VIP, as well as teaching Android Development course at Boston University - Boston), mentor & speaker.

He is educated as a software engineer at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (and later Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering) and doing master studies at the Boston University - USA.

Martin Ancevski
Co-Founder and CTO

Entrepreneur in the spirit, Curious with his mind and Problem Solver at his core!

Martin has deep scientific knowledge in multiple areas in IT and wide pallet of tech skills due to his fast learning abilities and logical understanding. Keen about architectures, algorithms, and artificial intelligence he always finds the way to introduce innovative and disruptive solutions.

Taking the role of CTO at CodeWell and MarkO TSB, he is usually engaged with the tech team leading them to the right path towards the solutions on a daily basis.

He is educated as a software engineer at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Irena Chaushevska

Co-Founder and CEO of the first Accelerator in the Republic of Macedonia - the NewMan’s Business Accelerator (www.newmansba.com). Comprehensive working experience of more than 12 years at managerial positions in the following industries: Professional Education & Training, Career Development, Information Technology, Marketing, Advertising & Public relations, Media, Government. Unique combination of extensive and combined knowledge in most aspects of doing business: Entrepreneurship and General Management, Market Research, Business Strategy and Business Development, New Product/Services Development, Marketing Strategy, Key Customer Relations, Legal aspects. 10 years training experience in NewMan’s Business Accelerator, International Republican Institute (IRI), National Democratic Institute (NDI), School for leaders (IDCS), Seavus School of Business, Design Academy of Seavus education and development center.

Supporter

Partner

Other

Organizing Team

NikolaTrajkovski

GorjanaVrzhovska

AndreaAngelova

ViktorijaNikolovska

MarkoPaloski

MajaPiponska

GorjanDimitrovski

DimitarFuna

SanjaToseska

LyubomirStoyanov

EvaPiperevska

Facilitators

Eva Piperevska
Marketing exec

Gemini | Traveler | Community person | Dog Owner

Snapchat: itsnaloria.

Part of the marketing team at ICON Malta. Traveler, Freelance marketer, Dog owner. Helps startups start promoting their businesses. Specialised in marketing for e-commerce businesses and PPC advertising. Social Media Addict. Snapchatter. Co-founder of Startup Macedonia. Have one failed startup and lots of lessons learned.